The World - News from June 24, 1985
After battering the northern Philippines, Typhoon Hal swept across Taiwan with heavy rain and 97 m.p.h. winds, killing two people and injuring at least three others, authorities reported. Eastern Taiwan was reported hardest hit by the storm, which was heading for Hong Kong today. The typhoon flooded rice-producing areas in the northern Philippines, where at least seven people were reported dead and thousands were homeless.
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